Online Tutoring Takes up the Challenge of K-12 Learning Loss
Pandemic-related learning losses, combined with government funding and improved technology infrastructures, have stimulated the market for online tutoring, opening up new market opportunities and further complicating the competitive landscape.
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Author: Kate Worlock
Date: April 25, 2022
Wolters Kluwer to Roll ESG Considerations into Financial Reporting
Wolters Kluwer launches CCH Tagetik ESG & Sustainability Performance Management to converge financial reporting with ESG reporting. The combined reporting improves compliance visibility for regulators and strategic planning for companies.
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Author: Will Jan
Date: April 21, 2022
BlueOcean’s Series B Round Sets It up to Fish in Deeper Waters
Its new funding, unique brand-strategy-as-a-service approach, and data engine will put more pressure on agencies, research providers, and information companies that serve large brands with their own intelligence offerings.
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Author: Randy Giusto
Date: April 20, 2022
Customer Success: Monitor and Correct
A comprehensive onboarding process is critical for the success of a subscription relationship and client renewal. However, the next phase is important, too, requiring constant monitoring and course correction to ensure that the relationship doesn’t go sour once the initial enthusiasm has cooled.
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Author: Simon Alterman
Date: April 19, 2022
Merger of IRI and NPD Creates Research and Business Model Synergy
The merger of the companies works because of how they complement each other rather than compete head-to-head. Information providers looking for similar opportunities need to focus less on the many smaller-company sell sheets that bombard their desks weekly and more on the few key opportunities.
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Author: Randy Giusto
Date: April 18, 2022
Credit Rating Giant Moody’s Steps into the ESG Arena
Moody’s is evolving its credit impact score to account for ESG factors, signaling a new era in credit rating by offering new means of assessing corporate financial risk. Regulators and credit rating agencies are making sure that ESG risk evaluations become standard in the financial system.
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Author: Will Jan
Date: April 14, 2022
FreightWaves Company Spotlight
Born a data company, FreightWaves is adding content assets to deliver a supply-chain data, intelligence, and media solution. Now, as much of the global supply chain is upended, FreightWaves can tell companies what is happening, where, and why. Its reverse pivot into media provides lessons for all.
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Author: Randy Giusto
Date: April 13, 2022
OpenAlex Raises the Table Stakes for Scholarly Communications
Metadata is the connective tissue in the scholarly communications ecosystem. OpenAlex provides an enhanced way to link multiple data tributaries and feed a multitude of research projects, scholarly tools, and bibliographic studies, with no credit or attribution required.
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Author: Tatiana Khayrullina
Date: April 12, 2022
K-12 Learning Resources – Segment View 2022
The pandemic-driven move to remote learning has transformed the K-12 learning resources landscape, rapidly accelerating the take-up of digital and blended solutions. This report looks at how the market has changed over the past two years and forecasts anticipated change over the coming five years.
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Author: Kate Worlock
Date: April 11, 2022
Bett 2022: Back with a Bang
After a two-year, pandemic-driven absence, the Bett exhibition returned to London to show off the tools and approaches that emerged as a result of COVID-19.
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Author: Kate Worlock
Date: April 7, 2022
Benchmarking Product Management – The Function Is Maturing, But It’s Not Quite There
As the pandemic’s daily impact slowly fades, companies are realizing that their markets are forever changed, making product management critically important. This analysis explores the state of this function across our industry and provides a critical benchmark for organizations to assess themselves.
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Author: Ned May
Date: April 6, 2022
EU Curbs Big Tech Dominance
The EU agrees on a new law that gives it unprecedented authority to regulate Big Tech companies and may help level the playing field for the rest of our industry.
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Author: Hugh Logue
Date: April 5, 2022
RELX, Thomson Reuters, and Wolters Kluwer Post Full-Year Results
The full-year 2021 results from these three large firms show that the information industry has largely bounced back. However, starting the year coming from a lower base after the pandemic may make this a one-off.
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Author: Hugh Logue
Date: April 4, 2022
Metadata.io and the Need for Bidirectional Flywheels
Metadata.io’s new funding round provides it funds to take its operating system for B2B marketers to a broader market. However, marketer concerns linger around how their campaign data gets used to fuel others’ black boxes.
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Author: Randy Giusto
Date: March 31, 2022
US SEC’s Mandatory Climate Reporting Will Disrupt the ESG Data Market
The US Securities and Exchange Commission approved a proposed rule to require companies to report on climate-related risks. This regulation will serve as a key catalyst to accelerate the adoption of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) solutions by companies and investors.
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Author: Will Jan
Date: March 30, 2022
Sci-Hub Continues to Pose a Challenge to Scholarly Publishing. What Can the Industry Learn from It?
New data shows how much Sci-Hub’s grip on scholarly research has tightened despite losses in the courtroom. To beat the piracy site at its own game, publishers must continue to cater to user needs and focus on the seamlessness of the research experience.
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Author: Julia Kostova
Date: March 29, 2022
VelocityEHS Makes a Double Acquisition to Ensure Workforce Safety
VelocityEHS, a global EHS and ESG solution provider, is acquiring two business divisions of MyAbilities, a health technology company. Risk and compliance information providers are enabling smart health solutions to ensure a safe transition back to the office amid the pandemic.
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Author: Will Jan
Date: March 28, 2022
Fastcase Upgrades as Small Law Firms Adopt New Technologies
Fresh strategies are desperately needed as outdated market assumptions, inflexible sales structures, and sledgehammer products prevent the legal solution market leaders from reaching the lucrative small law market.
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Author: Hugh Logue
Date: March 24, 2022
Cambridge Elevates Education’s Focus on Employability
As employers look to gain an holistic view of candidates, content developers see an opportunity to integrate employability skills into their curriculum products.
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Author: Kate Worlock
Date: March 23, 2022
Academia.edu Announces Plans to Launch Open Access Journals
Backed by new funding from Chinese media conglomerate Tencent, Academia.edu plans to launch 10 new open access journals. Its effort to diversify beyond its core focus as a social network borders on a predatory practice and will likely backfire.
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Author: Julia Kostova
Date: March 22, 2022
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